Brutal Brainwashing at Taihang Women's Prison in Baoding, Hebei Province

By Xingwu

(Clearwisdom.net) I was illegally arrested and sent to Taihang Prison in Mancheng, Baoding City, Hebei Province. In attempts to "transform" practitioners, the prison police physically tortured practitioners, restricted their sleep, circulated fake articles they claimed were written by Teacher, and swore incessantly at practitioners. I was persecuted the most severely at the end of 2002.

There was a small room located on the prison's third floor, with its windows covered with thick cloth. This is where the police tortured every practitioner on first arrival to the prison. Collaborators were not required to do daily work. Their only job was to help brainwash other practitioners. The police gave the traitors incentives of reduced prison terms to persecute practitioners. In this way the traitors tortured the practitioners every day. They lied to us, scolded us, and prohibited us from using the restroom or washing ourselves if we did not "transform." The police did not allow other inmates to have contact with us, and if they did, they would lose the reduction of their prison sentences.

A prisoner named Tian Jinfeng, who was from Qinhuangdao, gave a few packets of instant noodles to a practitioner. As a result, she was handcuffed in the courtyard for several days in front of the other prisoners. Tian Jinfeng was an old lady with diabetes and urinary incontinence. The police covered the glass window of the doors to prevent outsiders from seeing them beat us. They wanted to deceive people into thinking that they treated practitioners well, but in actual fact, they tortured us behind the scenes. They forced us to push our heads against the wall and bend down with our hands touching the floor. They tortured us by forcing us into one position, called "flying an airplane" for prolonged periods of time. They said they would not be held responsible for beating us to death. Policewoman Du Lijing said that she would be responsible if I was beaten to death. They tried to brainwash us forcefully, and all the practitioners suffered from disease symptoms afterwards. The police also took away our food in violation of their own regulations and deprived us of sustenance. They increased our workload and did not allow sick leave to people who fainted at the workplace. Verbal abuse and beating was common.

Practitioner Zhang Lijun from Dingzhou was sent to prison on April 16, 2004. She suffered horrendous persecution. She could be beaten even late at night. The police beat her late at night when most people were asleep. The traitors and inmates collaborated to torture Zhang Lijun. When Zhang Lijun had a stomachache during her menstrual period, they punched her lower abdomen. Every traitor could beat or scold practitioners at will.

Bai Junjie from Zhangjiakou was sent to prison in March 2005. His high blood pressure registered a systolic reading of over 200. The police watched him day and night, preventing other practitioners from contacting him. Zhao Wenlan, 68 years old, started to have symptoms of leg pain after being forcefully brainwashed. Zhang Li also suffered symptoms after being brainwashed. She shivered greatly when the pain came. Wang Fengyi had to work even though two of her fingers were out of joint. She frequently woke up in the middle of the night crying from pain, yet the police would not allow her to have sick leave. In August, 2003, Hu Shenhua was slapped on the face by policeman Ma Huirang for hand-copying Teacher's lectures. She was then bound onto a wooden board with her hands and feet shackled. During the SARS outbreak in 2003, the traitors painted humiliating words about Teacher and Dafa on her chest and back, which violated our human rights and dignity. Because I shouted, "Falun Dafa is good," they stuffed a towel into my mouth, and a dozen people bound my hands and feet with ropes. The prison police would not let go of anyone who refused to be "transformed" or write declarations denouncing Dafa. From time to time, they brought a piece of paper with humiliating words about Teacher and Dafa. One of the things on it said: "what kind of method does the prison use to transform you? Is it warm humanity or beating and swearing?" We all knew that it was coercion, swearing, beating, sleep deprivation, and misusing Teacher's lectures on purpose. However, if we told the truth, we would be brought into the small dark room to be further tortured.

In August 2005, Gong Fenglan, in her 50s, from Chengde, declared the letter of "transformation" she wrote under the forceful brainwashing to be invalid. She continued to practice Dafa. Therefore she was locked in a solitary cell again and banned from showering.

Liu Jinying from Zhu County was transported to this prison from Shijiazhuang Prison on the evening of October 16, 2003. She was not allowed to sleep for seven or eight days in a row. Her friends from the same county tried to send her some daily necessities but the prison police did not allow it. She lost the normal functioning of her mind from the tortures.

Ma Xiuqin, 62 years old, from Yi County, was forcefully brainwashed. Her systolic blood pressure was 200 - 280 at that time. The traitors prohibited her from going to the restroom so that she had no choice but to wet her pants.

Prison policeman Ge Shuguang and a group of collaborators planned to brainwash practitioners at a new prison in Luquan City, Shijiangzhuan. Moreover, the collaborators deliberately took Teacher's lectures out of context and forced practitioners to rewrite their deceit by hand.

The Chinese Communist Party's media reports are all fake. A reporter came to the prison during the SARS epidemic. The reporter brought the collaborators to the workplace to pretend to work while he videotaped them. The prisoners present on site all said that the two persecuted practitioners did not work at all, and that the prison police were staging this scene.

For every practitioner the prison guards persecute, they receive a bonus of 100 yuan per month. They receive extra rewards if they "transform" a practitioner, and the people in charge of persecuting Falun Gong get promoted afterwards.

February 28, 2006

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/3/1/121844.html

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